For the first time in more than a decade, international applications for first-time enrollment in graduate school at American institutions decreased from the previous year, and so did first-time enrollment. Although the number of applications from China and India dropped, they still represented nearly two-thirds of all international applications for master’s, graduate certificate, and doctoral programs.
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| China | -3% | 5% | -1% | -1% | 0% | 12% | 4% | 0% | -1% | 5% |
| India | 22% | 40% | 33% | 27% | 10% | 12% | -1% | -7% | -15% | -13% |
| South Korea | -15% | -12% | -5% | -7% | 4% | 5% | -5% | 10% | -8% | -12% |
| Europe | -2% | 3% | 3% | 1% | -5% | -4% | 0% | 8% | 18% | 1% |
| Canada | -5% | 3% | 1% | -1% | 3% | 1% | -12% | -3% | -9% | -7% |
| Latin America and Caribbean | - | - | - | - | -1% | -6% | -3% | 5% | -4% | -10% |
| Middle East and North Africa | - | - | - | - | 2% | 1% | -5% | -11% | -17% | -5% |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | - | - | - | - | 7% | 9% | -9% | 3% | 12% | 27% |
| All foreign countries | 2% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 3% | 5% | 1% | 5% | -3% | -1% |
Note: Data for fall 2016 to fall 2017 are based on responses from 377 institutions to a survey conducted in the fall of 2017. Annual change is measured from the fall of one year to the next. Several countries and regions that are not shown separately in the chart are included in the percentages for “All foreign countries.” A hyphen indicates data were not available. More data can be found here. Questions or comments on the Almanac should be sent to the Almanac editor.
Source: Council of Graduate Schools, “International Graduate Applications and Enrollment: Fall 2017"